MIKAEL KARLSSON

Composer, born August 12 1975 in Halmstad, Resides in New York City EDUCATION

B.A / M.A. in classical composition Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, City University of New York 2000-2005, Summa Cum Laude graduate. Departmental honors. GPA 3.95 DANCE

Rasa Daniel Proietto Vlaanderen Ballet 2020 120 min Midsummer Night’s Dream Dortmund Ballet 2020 90 min The Heart Mari Carrasco Stadsteatern, Regionteater Väst 2020 40 min Crypto Guillaume Coté Canadian Stage 2020 40 min Escapist Alexander Ekman 2019 90 min Internally Black Mari Carrasco Norrdans 2018 40 min Play Alexander Ekman 2017 90 min Rooms Alexander Ekman Norwegian National Ballet 2017 60 min Midsummer Night’s Dream Alexander Ekman The 2017 90 min Paper Plane Mari Carrasco Riksteatern 2017 40 min Cow Alexander Ekman Dresden Semperoper 2016 90 min Blanc Daniel Proietto Vienna State Opera 2016 40 min Player Daniel Proietto Norwegian National Ballet 2016 16 min Black Forest Mari Carrasco Norrdans 2016, 2017, 2018 40 min Midsummer Night’s Dream Alexander Ekman Royal Swedish Ballet 2015, 2017 90 min A Alexander Ekman Norwegian National Ballet 2014, 2016 90 min Tulle Alexander Ekman Royal Swedish Ballet 2012, 2014 25 min Rusty Benoit-Swan Pouffer Alvin Ailey Dance Theater 2012 25 min Installation Benoit-Swan Pouffer Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet 2012 60 min On This Planet Benoit-Swan Pouffer Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet 2011 30 min Installation Benoit-Swan Pouffer Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet 2011 60 min Selected works OPERA

Fanny and Alexander Ivo van Hove Opera La Monnaie, Brussels 2024 150 min Melancholia tbd 2023 90 min The Echo Drift Mallory Catlett PROTOTYPE Festival 2018 80 min CHAMBER

Rooms 4 pieces for 5 pianos 2017 24 min Seven Eight Pieces for 8 clarinets, for Joshua Rubin 2018 14 min Theta String Quartet 2017 20 min Nattvittje String Quartet, for Sirius Quartet 2011 13 min Desperate Contract Violin and piano 2008 8 min In Case of Brahms Piano solo 2005 11 min Nasty Fucker Flutes and electronics, for Claire Chase 2004 12 min Selected works POP

Nobel Prize Banquet Performance with Anna von Hausswolff and the Royal Swedish Orchestra 2018 24 min The Spirit and the Cloud Song cycle with Mariam Wallentin and ACME, NYC performance 2012 30 min Until We Bleed Song with and 2008 5 min THEATER

They Will Drown in Their Farnaz Arbabi Unga Klara, 2020 120 min Mothers’ Tears VISUAL ART

Atelier François Rousseau La Maison Europeénne de la Photographie 2009 Paris RECORDINGS

Rooms Chamber works for five pianos. 2020 Play Music from Alexander Ekman’s “Play” at the Paris Opera and Ballet, feat. Callie Day 2018 The Echo Drift Chamber Opera, feat. International Contemporary Ensemble, Blythe Gaissert, John Kelly 2018 Internally Black Music from Mari Carrasco’s “Svart Invärtes”, feat. Nordic Chamber Orchestra 2018 Cow Music from Alexander Ekman’s “Cow” at the Semperoper, feat. German National Youth Orchestra 2018 Black Forest Music from Mari Carrasco’s “Black Forest” 2018 Player Music from Daniel Proietto’s “Player”, feat. Norwegian National Opera Orchestra 2018 Paper Plane Music from Mari Carrasco’s “Paper Plane”, feat. clarinetist Joshua Rubin 2017 A Swan Lake Music from Alexander Ekman’s “A Swan Lake”, feat. Norwegian National Opera Orchestra 2016 Dithers Cello works, feat. cellist Clarice Jensen 2016 Midsummer Night’s Dream Songs from Alexander Ekman’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream”, feat. Anna von Hausswolff 2016 Phantasmata Domestica Chamber works, feat. Black Sun Productions, Othon Mataragas, Lydia Lunch 2012 Tyll Music from Alexander Ekman’s “Tyll”, feat. Mivos Quartet, flutist Claire Chase 2012 Nattvittje String Quartet, feat. Sirius Quartet 2011 Day Comes Apart Song cycle with text by Rob Stephenson, feat. mezzo sop. Abby Fischer, pianist Yegor Shevtsov 2010 Seven Eight Chamber works, feat. clarinetist Joshua Rubin 2010 Battlefield Bad Company II Video game soundtrack, symphony orchestra conducted by Alan Pierson, and string quintet 2010 Life Class Chamber work for François Rousseau’s “Atelier”, conducted by Alan Pierson 2009 Instead Pop EP includes “Until We Bleed”, feat. Lykke Li and Kleerup 2009 Privacy Chamber works, feat. flutist Claire Chase, clarinetist Joshua Rubin, pianist Cory Smythe 2008 Dog Chamber works, electronic works in collaboration with Rob Stephenson, feat. cellist Jason Wingate 2008 Battlefield Bad Company I Video game soundtrack, symphony orchestra conducted by Alan Pierson, and string quintet 2008 POSTS AND MEMBERSHIPS

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